Kimi Antonelli, the record collector in F1: 20 years, a title and multiple records broken

The Italian Andrea Kimi Antonelli became the youngest world champion in F1 history this past Sunday at 20 years, 2 months and 7 daysthree years younger than when Sebastian Vettel won the first of his four titles, in 2010. He broke that German record 16 years later, adding another record to his incredible history of precocity.

Here, we review other records and historical records that Kimi Antonelli has already broken.

First champion of the 2000s

Born August 25, 2006in Bologna, Antonelli is the first champion driver of the 2000s. The youngest champion in F1 history.

Youngest Pole

This year, in the past Chinese Grand Prixbecame the youngest to achieve a pole at his 19 years, 6 months and 18 days, surpassing the record achieved by Sebastian Vettel in Monza 2008, at 21 years, 2 months and 11 days. It was the beginning of something big.

Two and three poles

He was the youngest to achieve two and three pole positions and also to do so in a row, at 18 years and 127 days.

Winner of 5 races in a row

With his victory in the China race, Antonelli could not surpass Max’s record as the youngest winner of an F1 GP, since Verstappen achieved it in Barcelona 2016 at the age of 18.. But in the next event, he did set the record for the youngest winner of two Grand Prix at the age of 19, since Verstappen’s second victory would not come until the 2017 Malaysian GP, ​​at 20 years and 13 days old. and that The prococity record continued to increase until he was the youngest to win 9 dates so far. But there is another spectacular record: after his first success in China, he won the following four races. Was the youngest to win 2, 3, 4, and 5 races and also doing so consecutively.

Three first poles

Only two drivers had achieved their first three F1 pole positions in a row: Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. Kimi replicated that information and did something that the Brazilian and the German could not do. He turned those first three pole positions into his first three consecutive wins. He took advantage of them all.

Youngest World Cup leader

After winning the 2026 Japanese GP, he took the lead in the championship at 19 years, 7 months and 4 dayssurpassing Hamilton’s previous mark in 2007.

The Italian took the lead for the first time by only 9 points ahead of his teammate Russell. Months later, last Sunday, in Mexico, he was proclaimed champion with 119 points margin over 2nd and with still four races to go. He has led the World Championship in 18 GPs and will end the year with 22 in a row leading the overall standings. Nobody achieved it at his age.

Grand Chelem

He achieved a Grand Chelem on the streets of Monaco 2026 at 19 years, 9 months and 13 days (obtaining pole, victory, fastest lap and leading all laps). The youngest.

Earliest career leader

He managed to take the lead in a race for the first time in the Japanese GP 2025 at 18 years, 7 months and 12 days.

Youngest fast lap

In Suzuki He became the youngest driver to achieve a fastest lap in F1, at 18 years, 7 months and 12 days. It surpassed the previous mark of Verstappen (Brazil 2016), who did it when he was 19 years, 1 month and 14 days old.

Other information

Kimi is also the youngest ever ‘mini pole’ author and sprint winner. In 2025, he also became the rookie with the most points in F1 history, with 150 points, debuting with one of the best teams.

The Mercedes driver became champion in his second year, something that only Juan Manuel Fangio, Jacques Villeneuve and Hamilton had achieved. and this year, he was the author of the second biggest comeback in history, in the 2026 Italian GP, ​​from 19th to 1st.

Nobody had managed to win in the ‘Temple of Speed’ beyond 11th placea brand that Peter Gethin had since 1971.

Of course, the current regulations helped him, with greater ease in overtaking on those long straights, and having the best car in a track where no Italian had managed to reach the top of the podium since Scarfiotti’s triumph in 1996.

He broke a 73-year drought without an Italian winning the crown and in China 2026 achieved the first victory of an Italian almost 20 years after Fisichella’s in Malaysia 2006